Detachable tip for fence-posts



No. 6l4,436. Patented Nov. 22, I898. M. BLANCHARD.

DETACHABLE TIP FOB FENCE POSTS.

/ (Application filed Mar. 5, 1898.) (No Model.)

ATTO R N EYS.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES MARCUS BLANOIIARD, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEWV YORK DETACHABLE TIP FOR FENCE-POSTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,436, dated November 22, 1898.

Application filed March 5 1898. Serial No- 672,631. (No model.)

2'0 M6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVIAROUS BLANCHARD, of Gloversville, in the county of Fulton, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Tips for Fence-Posts, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in tips for posts or poles which are adapted to be embedded in the ground to support the post as a new article of manufacture.

My object is to produce such a tip detachably for fence-posts, telegraph or telephone poles, or the like cheap and durable in its construction and of great utility; and to that end my invention consists in constructing a body which may be embedded in the ground and then the post or pole inserted into the upper end as a new article of manufacture and inthe several other new and novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described and which are specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed.

I show my improved device as applied to a fence-post.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 shows a fence-post complete provided with one form of my improved tip, which is adapted to be embedded in the ground. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the tip shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 00 m, Fig. 1.

The body a of the tip is-constructed, preferably, of cast-iron, as it can be more cheaply made by being cast, and is provided with transverse openings a, increasing in size approaching the face of the tip, for the purpose of making it lighter and at the same time allowing the earth to pack in around it, so as to more firmly hold it within the ground. The upper end is provided with a socket b, in which the post or pole c is adapted to rest. In Fig. 1 I show the lower end as provided with a base cl to afford lateral support.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A detachable tip for a fence-post, as a new article of manufacture, comprising a body having a socket in its upper end for the reception of the post, the middle portion having transverse openings, one of said openings inoreasin g in size approaching the face of the tip and the bottom of said tip being provided with an ofiset substantially at right angles to the body.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 1898.

MARCUS BLANOHARD.

In presence of FALKNER E. Novns, ALBERT PYNE. 

